Cap



Marcli 10, 1925. 1,529,300

J. P.COOK

CAP

Filed Nov. 21, 1921 INVENTUR Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PATRICK COOK, OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO GREENE SWIFT LIMITED, OF LGNDON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

CAP.

Application filed November 21, 1921.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN P. Coon, of the city of London, in the county of Middlesex, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Caps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cloth caps of the typeprovided with a full top and a peak or visor at the front, and my object is to provide such a'cap with an ear-protecting band which when not wanted is entirely out of the way and contained within the fullness of the cap and which, when brought into use, does not materially increase internally the bulk of the band of the cap and which therefore does not spoil the fit of the cap.

I attain my object by means of the coustructions hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in Which- Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a cap constructed in accordance with my invention, the ear-protecting band being in a folded position.

Fig. 2 a similar view showing the earprotecting band in its extended position;

Fig. 3 a perspective view of the band removed from the cap.

The improvements which form the subject matter of the present application are in the drawings illustrated as applied to a cap of the type shown and described in my United States Patent No. 1,400,528, issued December 20th, 1921, in which a division 1 is formed in. the lower edge of the cap at each side thereof, and a strap 2 is attached to the rear portion of the cap and arranged to extend forwardly across the division to be secured to a similar strap extended from the rear portion of the cap at the opposite side thereof.

According to my present invention I take an ear-protecting band and secure it to one edge of a hinge band 3 of thin flexible material. The other edge of this hinge band is attached to the upper edge of the sweat band 4 of the cap, which band is constructed of relatively heavy material and is formed of two parts separated at the divisions 1. The width of the hinge should not be less than that of the sweat band. The earprotecting band is preferably formed of Serial No. 516,861.

an elastic front portion 5 of knitted ma terial and a relatively inelastic rear portion 6, preferably deeper than the front portion and which will usually be lined withfur or similar soft material. The elastic portion 5 causes the ear-protecting band to hug closely the cheeks and back of the neck.

It will be seen that, owing to the use of the hinge band 3, the ear-protecting band may be folded inside the cap to lie within the fullness of the cap and that, when the ear-band is in use, the hinge band folds down and overlies the sweat band its line of connection with the ear-protecting band then lying below the lower edge of the sweat band. This hinge band is of thin material and does not materially internally add to the bulk of the band and does not render it uncomfortable to the wearer.

As the cap is adjustable to different sizes, it is important that the attachments of the ear-protecting band shall not interfere with the expansion and contraction of the cap at the lines of division at each side. I therefore form the hinge band 3 with a slight fullness at these division points. See particularly Fig. 3. This I find is sufficient to enable the hinge band to adapt itself to the cap as the latter is adjusted.

It will be understood that I do not desire to limit myself to the use of the improvements with the style of cap shown, as they are equally applicable to caps of the. ordinary non-adjustableconstructions.

Vhat I claim as my invention isz- 1. A full top cap provided with a. sweat band; an ear-protecting band adapted to lie within the fullness of the cap comprising an elastic front portion and a relatively inelastic rear portion; and a. hinge band of thin flexible material connected to the cap at the upper edge of the sweat band and one edge of the ear-protecting band, the hinge band extending substantially to the edge of the head opening of the cap when the ear protecting band is in use to protect the ears and hinging on the upper edge of the sweat band when the ear protector is folded inside the cap.

2. An adjustable cap provided with a sweat band and having an upwardly extending division in the lower edge thereofat each side; strap extensions of a width substantially equal to the length of the divisions attached to the rear portion of the cap and arranged to extend, forwardly across said divisions; means 'to'seouresa'id sti'ap xtensions together at the front of the cap; an ear protecting band adapted to, lie within the flexible material connected to the low'efe'dge of the ear protecting band and to the inside of the cap above its lower edge, said hinge band being formed Witih a fullness at the 10 division points at each side of theoap.

, Signed at London, Ont, this first day. of t N0 e1neh1,' 1921. JOHN PATRICK COOK. 

